My Name is Joe Baker, born in Ohio. My father is Charles Baker, born in Ohio. I have a copy of his birth certificate that shows his father’s name was Charles Baker, my grandfather, and his mother’s name was Martha Aleshire, my grandmother. I also have a copy of their Marriage license.
This document is divided into four (4) parts:
My Baker/Becker connection Relevant Census data Data from other sources Internet notes/data PART ONE: My Baker/Becker Connection in Ohio
I have been doing genealogy research for more than 20 years, and the Baker/Becker branch of my tree has been hard to track. That is because I recently found out that we “Baker’s” were once known as “Becker”.
I have been able to trace my Baker line fairly well back to Daniel Baker, once known as Daniel Becker, via the Ohio census records and other family information. It took a trip to the Beaver Union Cemetery in Beaver, Pike County, Ohio, to explain that we Bakers were once Beckers. I have a photo of Daniel’s gravestone and there is English on one side of it and German on the other. I assumed that the entire Becker clan came over to America from “Prussia and/or Bavaria” in the early 1840’s based on the 1850 census showing one child born in Germany and one child born in Ohio.
J.E. Baker - living
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Charles Baker - Theresa Gossett
Living - Living
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Charles Baker Martha Aleshire
b. 1891 Beaver, Oh b. Mar 11, 1894
m. Jan 4, 1912 d. Mar, 1969
d. Jul 24, 1967
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(Siblings of Charles E. include Frances b. 1888, Lyda b. 1893, John b.1899, Ernie b.1902, Anna b.1904,
Leo b.1913 )
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Daniel Baker Effa Leota Butcher
b. 1 Nov 1867 b. 22 Aug 1871
m. 1888 ?
d. Jan 1963 d. 9 Feb 1944
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(Siblings of Daniel include Jacob b.1858, George b. 1862, Eve b. 1864, Sophia b. 1870, Mary b. 1873, Frederick b. 1876 )
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Daniel Baker / Becker Margaret Schrader
b. 10 Jul 1832 in Germany b. 26 Jul 1837
m. ??? 1856 ???
d. 26 Jun 1883 d. 15 Aug 1886
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Jacob Becker Mary Eva ????
PART TWO: Census data
from Pike County, Ohio 1850 Census - Marion Township
Jacob Becker 46 Farmer Germany (my GGGGF)
Eve 41 Germany
John 19 Farmer Germany
Daniel 17 Farmer Germany (my GGGF)
Peter 9 Ohio (birthplace change)
Eva 5 Ohio
(next door)
John J. Baker 50 Farmer Germany
Barb(?) 56 (?) Germany
Nicholas 28 Germany (married w/i the year)
Charles 21 Germany
Eve 13 Germany
Sofia 22 Germany (married within the year – wife of Nick)
George Lungy(?) 3 month Ohio
from Pike County, Ohio 1860 Census , Beaver Township, 6th June 1860
Jacob Becker 57 Farmer Bavaria
Mary Eva 57 Bavaria
Peter 20 Farm Hand Bavaria
Eva K. 15
(next door)
Daniel Becker 26 Bavaria (my GGGF)
Margaret 21 Ohio (nee Schrader)
Jacob 10/12 Ohio
also in Seal Township
John Becker 30 Farmer Bavaria
Margaret 22 Bavaria
Jacob 4 Ohio
Daniel 1 Ohio
(in Marion Township, Pike County, Ohio)
Nicholas Becker 76 Farmer Bavaria (have copy of Will)
Margaret 68 "
(In Union Township, Pike County)
Phillip H. Becker 47 Farmer Bavaria
Elizabeth 40 Prussia
Henry 20 Bavaria
Frederick 18 "
Elizabeth 13 "
Jacob 11 "
John 8 Ohio
Ludwig 6 "
Peter 4 "
Charles 1 "
(In Pee Pee Township, Pike County, Ohio)
John Becker 65 Day Laboror Bavaria
Rosina 57 Wurtemburg
Mary S. 8 Ohio
from Pike County, Ohio 1870 Census, Beaver Township, p.8
Daniel Baker 36 Dry Good Merchant Bravaria
Margaret Baker 31 keeps house
Jacob 12 school
George 8 school
Daniel 3 at home
Eve 6
Sophia 1 month
also
Jacob Baker 65 Farmer Bravaria
Eva 62 keeps house Bravaria
(next door)
Peter Baker 29 Butcher Ohio
Mary 26 Bayron ?
Daniel 8 Ohio
Katie 5 "
Eve 2 "
(NOTE: Bavaria is known as Bayern in German language - this may be what Mary was saying.)
also I added these Schraders into the list since Margaret Baker's maiden name was Schrader and she told the census taker she was from Hanover also. I assume it is her brother and his family.
Henry Schrader 37 Farmer Hanover
Susan 37 Keeps House Ohio
Phillip 11 "
Jacob 7 "
George 6 "
Peter 4 "
Augustus 1 "
from Pike County, Ohio 1880 Census, Beaver Township, SOUNDEX = B260, E.D. 121, Vol. 52, sheet 1, roll 1058 in Cinci Public Library
Daniel Baker 47 Grocer Prussia Prussia Prussia
Margaret Baker 44 Wife Ohio Hanover Hanover
George W. 18 Clerk in Grocery Ohio Prussia Ohio
Eve E. 14 " " "
Daniel 12 " "" "
Sopha 10 " " "
Mary 7 " " "
Frederic 4 " " "
Jackson Kelly 55 Servant
also
Jacob Baker 76 Farmer Prussia Prussia Rheinfoltz
Mary 35 dau in law
Daniel 18 grandson Ohio Ohio Prussia
Eva 12 granddau " " "
(These 3 living with Jacob are Peter's wife and son and daughter. What happened to Peter between 1870 and 1880? And also did Jacob's wife - Eva - die during this decade?)
PART THREE: Other data
from the Ships Passenger listings for New York 1820-1846:
Vessel - Rose
Port of Entry - NY
Nationality - BAV
Date - 6/1841
Daniel Becker - 4 years old, accompanied by: Jacob (36), Mary (29), Elizabeth (10), Peter (8), Cath (2 yr 3 mon)
Daniel Becker - 1 year 6 months, accompanied by Jacob (35), Catherine (32) Jacob (11), Catherine ( 7), Phillip (5), Charlot (4)
(Note: I received a copy of the ship’s passenger list from the National Archives after writing to them. The ship’s list shows they embarked from Le Havre, France and arrived in NYC on June 23, 1841. It is also interesting to note that there were TWO (2) Jacob Bakers, almost the same age, on the boat, with children named Daniel and Catherine)
Interview with Mr. Hammerstein
In 1988, I went to the Beaver Cemetery in Beaver, Pike County, Ohio with my father - Charles Baker and his uncle (my great-uncle) - Leo Baker, to continue researching the family tree. After searching the graveyard, we met a Mr.Lamar Hammerstein who was very knowledgeable about the Beaver area and was familiar with the Baker and Butcher lines.
From my notes, this is what Mr. Hammerstein discussed with us on 5-7-1988:
He said that Adam Metzler was a Prussian soldier captured by George Washington during the Revolutionary war. He was a butcher by trade (Metzler means butcher in German). After the war, he moved to Chillicothe and bought/or was given land. The only record of him was as "Adam the butcher".
George Baker was the son of Daniel and Margaret Baker "drank heavily". He was sheriff a couple of times and married a woman named Comfort, who was also a Butcher (note - I have him married to Comfort Albin - may be a Butcher cousin). His son was Hyram Butcher Baker. He had a million railroad cross ties and built the RR line between Springfield and WCH. Hyram was killed during this building process. Damon was his brother.
Fallensteins built the hotel in 1872 in Beaver and sold it to George Baker.
George's hotel burnt in 1892 and he sold it to the Theobalds afterwards.
Baker was originally Becker. The Beckers came out of Bavaria in 1830's via "Brest in France in 1838". After following the Rhine river. They were 2 years in NY, then went to Pittsburgh and built a raft and came down the Ohio to finally settle in Beaver, Ohio.
PART FOUR: Internet notes/data
Questions & Assumptions:
I had figured that the Beckers had come to America prior to 1841 based on young Peter's age as 9 in the 1850 census and as having him born in Ohio. Also in past talks with my great-granduncle he had thought they had come through the port of New York. So I checked ships passenger listing for NY from 1820 to 1846 and found what I think are the correct Beckers. The ages for Jacob and Mary Eve are correct, but after that things fall apart. Did Peter (age 8 in 1841) die enroute and they re-named their new son after the lost son? Daniel (age 4 in 1841) should be 14-15 in 1850 not 17. Where was Catherine (age 2 in 1841)? Did she die also? Elizabeth would have been 20 in 1850, so I assume she was married and out of the house. Why wasn't John (age 19 in 1850 census) on the boat with them?
Any help with these questions or any links to these families, I would love to hear from you. Rquest mail to Joe Baker, 7835 Woodstone Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio 45244
Submitted by: JoeBaker@fuse.net
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